Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Witnesses by Robert Whitlow

Title: The Witnesses

Author: Robert Whitlow

Pages: 400

Year: 2016

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

My rating is 5 stars.

I enjoy reading novels that include courtroom drama along
with a smattering of mystery and suspense.
Robert Whitlow delivers on all three fronts as well as giving readers
romance, family relationships, history and a very powerful theme regarding
spiritual blessing on the next generation.
What also came through in the story was the choice each individual had
to repent, seek the Lord and receive His forgiveness, love and presence.

At first, I was lost in the novel as the main character,
Frank Haus, was introduced in a historical framework as a soldier in the German
army. Then, readers are propelled to
modern day and introduced to his grandson, who is a lawyer named Parker. From that point on, the author uses flashbacks
to help the audience understand what Frank experienced in war time and his
ultimate decision to leave Germany behind.

Parker is an associate lawyer who works for a very small
firm and as he helps with cases, he begins to experience this innate ability to
see where the questioning of a witness needs to go or perhaps who would make a
good jurist, etc. The ending of the
novel has a lot of action, but also drives a spiritual truth home to readers
that will leave an impact for a long time after the book is done.

While most people look horizontally to see where they are
going or where in life they want to go, the novel really had me understanding
that the eternal is far more important.
It isn’t just a personal eternal perspective that Robert Whitlow shares,
but also helping others see the truth of the eternal life or death that awaits
them.

I hope you take time to enjoy the journey this novel holds
for anyone who takes time to enjoy the story!

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